List of countries and dependencies by area

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Country / dependency Total
in km2 		Land
in km2 		Water
in km2 		%
water		 Notes
– Earth 510072000 148940000 361132000 70.8
1  Russia 17098246 16378410 719836 4.2 The largest country in the world, which spans two continents, and most of northern Eurasia; with about 10.995% (about 1/9th) of the world's total landmass. Russia's European portion is roughly 4,000,000 km2, which is around 40% of the total landmass of Europe, making Russia the largest country in Europe; and its Asian portion, which covers all of Northern Asia, is around 13,100,000 km2, making Russia the largest country in Asia.
– Antarctica 14200000 14200000 0 0 98% of the land area is covered by ice and snow. The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica: Australia (5,896,500 km2), Norway (including Peter I Island) (2,500,000 km2), United Kingdom (1,395,000 km2), Chile (1,250,000 km2), Argentina (969,000 km2), New Zealand (450,000 km2), and France (432,000 km2). There is significant overlap between the territorial claims of Chile, Argentina and the United Kingdom, while the areas claimed by Norway, Australia, New Zealand and France are mostly undisputed. The area from Template:Coor d Antarctic to Template:Coor d Antarctic (2,100,000 km2) is currently unclaimed territory. These areas usually have no human inhabitants, excluding scientists.
2  Canada 9984670 9093507 891163 8.9 Largest English- and largest French-speaking country; largest country completely in the Western Hemisphere by total area (second-largest by land area after the United States); with the largest surface area of water; largest contiguous country in North America; Total area and water area figures include area covered by freshwater only and do not include internal waters (non-freshwater) of about 1,600,000 km2, nor territorial waters of 200,000 km2.[1][2]
3 or 4  China 9596961 9326410 270550 2.8 Largest country entirely in Asia, and second-largest country in the world by land area. Excludes Taiwan, disputed territories with India, and disputed islands in the South China Sea. Figures for total area and water area also exclude all coastal and territorial waters.[3]
 United States 9833517 9147593 685924 7.0 Largest English-speaking country by land area and largest country in the Western Hemisphere by land area (second-largest by total area after Canada). Figures for total area and water area include all coastal and territorial waters.
5  Brazil 8515767 8460415 55352 0.6 Largest Portuguese-speaking country, largest country in South America, largest country in the Southern Hemisphere. Approx. 7% of Brazil's land is located in the Northern Hemisphere. Its Southern Hemisphere portion (approx. 7,920,000 km2) is still significantly bigger than Australia. Although the U.S. has American Samoa, Jarvis Island, and a small portion of its territorial sea south of Baker Island in the Southern Hemisphere, it is not generally regarded as a Southern Hemisphere country. Largest contiguous territory outside Eurasia.[4]
6  Australia 7692024 7633565 58459 0.8 Third-largest English-speaking country and largest country in Oceania, and the largest country completely in the Southern Hemisphere. Figures exclude the external territories of Norfolk Island, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands Territory, and Heard Island and McDonald Islands,[5] each shown separately. Excludes the claim of the Australian Antarctic Territory (5896500 km2). The CIA give the figure as 7,741,220 km2.[3]
7  India 3287263 2973190 314073 9.6 Second-largest country entirely in Asia and largest country in South Asia. The total area given is from Encyclopædia Britannica and includes disputed territories not under Indian control but claimed by India. The total area claimed by India, according to the figure given by the United Nations and the Indian government, totals 3,287,263 km2.[6]
8  Argentina 2780400 2736690 43710 1.6 Largest Spanish-speaking country and second-largest country in South America. Excludes claims on Argentine Antarctica (969,000 km2), on Malvinas/Falkland Islands (12,173 km2) and on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (3,903 km2).
9  Kazakhstan 2724900 2699700 25200 0.9 Largest landlocked country.[7] The world's largest Muslim-majority country by land area (and the northernmost). Second-largest Russian-speaking country after Russia, and the largest country in Central Asia. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.
10 22x20px Algeria 2381741 2381741 0 0 Largest country in Africa; also largest in the Arab world and the Mediterranean Basin. The area of internal waters is officially reported as 0[8] even though several seasonal lakes and permanent reservoirs exist in the country.
11 Template:Country data DR Congo 2345409 2267048 77810 3.3 Second-largest French-speaking country. Largest country in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa. Second-largest country in Africa, has the largest French-speaking city (Kinshasa).
– Template:Country data Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Denmark 2220093 2220072 21 0 UN figure does not include the entire Kingdom area.
– Template:Country data Greenland (Denmark) 2166086 2166086 0 0 Largest island in the world, largest territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, and the largest inhabited non-sovereign territory in the world. A total of 1,755,636 km2 (81%) of the land area is covered by ice; the ice-free area amounts to 410,450 km2.
12 Template:Country data Saudi Arabia 2149690 2149690 0 0 Largest country in Western Asia. Second-largest in the Arab world after Algeria.
13  Mexico 1972550 1943945 20430 1.0 Second-largest Spanish-speaking country by area after Argentina; largest Spanish-speaking country by number of speakers.
14 22x20px Indonesia 1904569 1811569 93000 4.9 Transcontinental country located in Asia and Oceania. Largest country in Southeast Asia. Largest island country and archipelagic state in the world by area and population.[3]
15 Template:Country data Sudan 1886068 1731671 129813 7.0 Third-largest country in Africa and third-largest in the Arab world.[3]
16 Template:Country data Libya 1759541 1759540 0 0
17  Iran 1648195 1531595 116600 7.1 Second-largest country in Western Asia and fourth-largest completely in Asia after China, India, and Saudi Arabia. The area given is from the 2007 data and the CIA World Factbook. The UN Demographic Yearbook lists a figure of 1,628,750 km2, which refers to land area only.
18  Mongolia 1564116 1553556 10560 0.7 Second-largest landlocked country and largest that does not border a closed sea.
19 22x20px Peru 1285216 1279996 5220 0.4 Third-largest Spanish-speaking country and third-largest country in South America.
20 Template:Country data Chad 1284000 1259200 24800 1.9 Third-largest landlocked country and largest outside of Asia. Fifth-largest country in Africa.
21 Template:Country data Niger 1267000 1266700 300 0 Largest country in West Africa.
22 Template:Country data Angola 1246700 1246700 0 0
23 Template:Country data Mali 1241238 1220190 20002 1.6
24  South Africa 1221037 1214470 4620 0.4 Largest country in Southern Africa.
25 Template:Country data Colombia 1141748 1038700 100210 8.8
26 Template:Country data Ethiopia 1112000 1096630 7670 0.7 Largest country in East Africa. Excludes the Ilemi Triangle (14,000 km2).
27 Template:Country data Bolivia 1098581 1083301 15280 1.4
28 Template:Country data Mauritania 1030000 1025520 4480 0.4
29 Template:Country data Egypt 1010408 995450 6000 0.6 Transcontinental country located in Asia and Africa.
30 Template:Country data Tanzania 947303 885800 61500 6.5
31 Template:Country data Nigeria 923768 910768 13000 1.4
32  Venezuela 916445 882050 30000 3.3 Excludes claims on Guayana Esequiba (160,000 km2)
33  Pakistan 881913 856690 25223 2.9 By default, internationally sourced and published statistics include data for the Pakistani-administered territories of Kashmir: Azad Kashmir (13,297 km2) and Gilgit-Baltistan (72,971 km2) in this area value.[9] Further including Pakistani claims over the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir (42,241 km2) and Ladakh (59,146 km2) would produce a total land area figure of 984,010 km2, and a total area figure of 1,009,230 km2 for the country. Excluding all of these territories in the disputed Kashmir region (including Pakistani-administered territories) would produce a land area figure of 796,355 km2 and a total area figure of 821,575 km2. The total area figure is equal to Pakistan's land area added to its water area of 25,220 km2.
34 Template:Country data Namibia 825615 823290 2425 0.3
35 Template:Country data Mozambique 801590 786380 13000 1.6
36  Turkey 783562 769632 13930 1.8 Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe.
37  Chile 756949 743812 12290 1.6 Excludes claims in Antarctica.
38 Template:Country data Zambia 752617 743398 9220 1.2
39 Template:Country data Myanmar 676570 653508 23070 3.4 Second-largest country in Southeast Asia and largest continuous landmass in Southeast Asia.
40 Template:Country data Afghanistan 652867 652867 0 0
41 Template:Country data South Sudan 644329 644329 0 0
42  France 643801 640427 3374 0.5 Figures include metropolitan France (in Europe) as well as the five overseas regions. This does not include New Caledonia (an autonomous sui generis collectivity), the five autonomous overseas collectivities, and the two uninhabited territories (the French Southern Territories and Clipperton Island) which are listed individually, although also part of the French Republic. Source gives area of metropolitan France as 551,500 km2 and lists overseas regions separately, whose areas sum to 89,179 km2. Adding these give the total shown here for the entire French Republic. The CIA reports the total as 643,801 km2. Another source, the French Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies), gives an area figure of 632,759 km2.[10] (The CIA gives a water area of metropolitan France as 1,530 km2.) Third-largest country in Europe after Russia and Ukraine, and the largest country in the European Union.
43 Template:Country data Somalia 637657 627337 10320 1.6 Figures include Somaliland.
44 Template:Country data Central African Republic 622984 622984 0 0
45  Ukraine 603628 579300 24250 4.0 Second-largest country in Europe after Russia. The largest country entirely within Europe. Includes the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.
46 Template:Country data Madagascar 587041 581540 5501 0.9 Largest island country in Africa and 2nd largest island country in the world.
47 Template:Country data Botswana 581730 566730 15000 2.6 All figures are those cited by the Food and Agriculture Organization.[11]
48 Template:Country data Kenya 580367 569140 11227 1.9
–  France (metropolitan) 543940 Metropolitan France (the part of France located in Europe).
49 Template:Country data Yemen 527968 527968 0 0 The second-largest country in the Arabian Peninsula. May not include territory ceded by Saudi Arabia in the Jeddah Treaty due to the Saudi–Yemen barrier.
50 Template:Country data Thailand 513120 510890 2230 0.4 Third-largest country in Southeast Asia.
51  Spain 505992 498980 6390 1.3 Largest country in Southern Europe and second-largest member state of European Union.
52 Template:Country data Turkmenistan 491210 469930 18170 3.7
53 Template:Country data Cameroon 475442 472710 2730 0.6
54 Template:Country data Papua New Guinea 462840 452860 9980 2.2 Third-largest island country in the world.
55 Template:Country data Uzbekistan 448978 425400 22000 4.9
56  Sweden 447425 407284 40142 9.0 Largest country in Northern Europe. Third-largest member state of European Union. Figures are from Statistics Sweden (SCB).[12]
57 Template:Country data Morocco 446550 446300 250 0.1 Does not include the disputed Western Sahara, shown separately. If the whole of Western Sahara is included (which Morocco controls approximately two-thirds of), the area would be 710,800 km2 and the rank would be #39.
58 Template:Country data Iraq 438317 437367 950 0.2 Figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook.[3] The UN figure of 435,244 km2 excludes the three autonomous provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
59 22x20px Paraguay 406752 397302 9450 2.3
60 Template:Country data Zimbabwe 390757 386847 3910 1.0
61 22x20px Norway 385207 365957 19520 5.1 The Kingdom of Norway, including Jan Mayen and Svalbard, but excluding Bouvet Island and the Antarctic territorial claims of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.
62  Japan 377976 364546 13430 3.6 Largest island country in East Asia and the world's 4th largest island country. Figure shown is from the 2020 (Reiwa 2) Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.[13]
63  Germany 357600 348672 8350 2.3 Largest country in Central Europe. Before the 1990 German reunification, West Germany was 248,577 km2 and East Germany was 108,333 km2.
64 Template:Country data Congo 342000 341500 500 0.1
65  Finland 338145 303816 34330 10.1 Includes Åland (1,552 km2).
66  Vietnam 331212 310070 21140 6.4
67 Template:Country data Malaysia 330803 329613 1190 0.4
– 22x20px Norway (mainland) 323802 304282 19520 6.0 Mainland Norway, excluding Jan Mayen, Svalbard, and the dependencies. Figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook; the UN data refers to mainland area only. All figures exclude Bouvet Island (49 km2), Jan Mayen (377 km2), and Svalbard (62,045 km2), shown separately, and the Antarctic territorial claims of Peter I Island (154 km2) and Queen Maud Land (2,700,000 km2).
68 Template:Country data Ivory Coast 322463 318003 4460 1.4
69  Poland 312696 311888 791 0.3
70 Template:Country data Oman 309500 309500 0 0
71  Italy 301339 294140 7200 2.4
72 Template:Country data Philippines 300000 298170 1830 0.6
73 Template:Country data Burkina Faso 274222 273602 620 0.2 The total area figure is that reported by the National Institute of Statistics and Demography of Burkina Faso (INSD).[14] The water area is that reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization[15] and the land area is taken to be the difference between these two figures.
74  New Zealand 270467 262443 4395 1.6 The government gives the total figure as 266,838 km2.[16] CIA World Factbook has total/land area of 267,710 km2. All figures exclude the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, shown separately, as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency.
75 Template:Country data Gabon 267668 257667 10001 3.7
– 22x20px Western Sahara 266000 266000 0 0 Template:Western Sahara-note
76 Template:Country data Ecuador 256370 256369 6720 2.4 May or may not include the Galápagos Islands (7,880 km2). The CIA factbook includes the Galápagos and gives the figure as 283,561 km2.[3][17]
77 Template:Country data Guinea 245857 245717 140 0.1
78  United Kingdom 242495 241930 1680 0.7 Largest island country in Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Does not include the three Crown Dependencies (768 km2) or the 14 British Overseas Territories (1,742,857 km2), each shown separately.
79 Template:Country data Uganda 241038 197100 43938 18.2
80 Template:Country data Ghana 239567 228567 11000 4.6
81  Romania 238397 231291 7100 3.0
82 Template:Country data Laos 236800 230800 6000 2.5 Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
83 Template:Country data Guyana 214969 196849 18120 8.4
84  Belarus 207600 202900 4700 2.3 Largest landlocked country in Europe.
85  Kyrgyzstan 199951 191801 8150 4.1
86 Template:Country data Senegal 196722 192530 4192 2.1
87 Template:Country data Syria 185180 183630 1550 0.8 Includes the parts of the Golan Heights (1,295 km2) occupied by Israel.
88 Template:Country data Cambodia 181035 176515 4520 2.5
89  Uruguay 176215 175015 1200 0.7
– Template:Country data Somaliland 176120 Somaliland is claimed in whole by Somalia, and has no international recognition
90 Template:Country data Suriname 163820 156000 7820 4.8 Smallest country in South America.
91 Template:Country data Tunisia 163610 155360 8250 5.0
92 Template:Country data Bangladesh 148460 134208 14252 9.6 Area according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is 147,570 km2.[18]
93 Template:Country data Nepal 147516 143686 3830 2.6 The Government of Nepal gives its area as 147,516 km2, which includes an additional 335 square kilometers of disputed territory under Indian administration.[19]
94  Tajikistan 142326 141510 2590 1.8
95  Greece 131957 130647 1310 1.0 Largest country in the Balkans with a majority of its territory in the Balkans.
96 Template:Country data Nicaragua 130373 119990 10380 8.0 Largest country in Central America.
97 Template:Country data Eritrea 124330 124330 0 0
98 Template:Country data North Korea 120540 120538 2 0 Excludes claim on South Korea.
99 Template:Country data Malawi 118484 94080 24404 20.6
100 Template:Country data Benin 114763 114305 458 0.4 Benin's official total area increased from 112,622 km2 to 114,763 km2 following the resolution of the Lete Island dispute in 2005.[20] The water area is that reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization[21] and the land area is the difference between these two figures, rounded to the nearest square kilometre.
101 Template:Country data Honduras 112492 111890 200 0.2
102 Template:Country data Liberia 111369 96320 15049 13.5
103  Bulgaria 110994 108612 2390 2.2 Largest country in the Balkans by continental area within the Balkans.
104 Template:Country data Cuba 109884 109884 0 0 Largest country in the West Indies.
105 Template:Country data Guatemala 108889 107159 1730 1.6
106 22x20px Iceland 103175 100250 2750 2.7
107 Template:Country data South Korea 100410 99909 301 0.3 Excludes claim on North Korea.
108  Hungary 93028 89608 3420 3.7
109  Portugal 92226 91119 1107 1.2
110 Template:Country data Jordan 89342 88802 540 0.6
111  Serbia 88361 88246 115 0.1 The largest former Yugoslav and Serbo-Croatian-speaking country. Includes Kosovo. The figure shown includes the area of Kosovo and Metohija (10,887 km2). The area of Serbia without Kosovo is 77,474 km2.[3]
112  Azerbaijan 86600 86100 500 0.6 Largest country in Caucasus. Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe. The figure shown includes the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (3,000 km2), which is de facto independent from Azerbaijan.
– Template:Country data French Guiana (France) 84000 83534 466 0.5
113  Austria 83871 82445 1426 1.7
114 Template:Country data United Arab Emirates 83600 83600 0 0
115  Czech Republic 78871 77171 1700 2.2
116 Template:Country data Panama 75417 74340 1080 1.4 Transcontinental country in North America and South America.
117 Template:Country data Sierra Leone 71740 71620 120 0.2
118  Ireland 70273 68883 1390 2.0 The figure shown is for the Republic of Ireland; the island of Ireland is 84,421 km2.[22]
119 Template:Country data Georgia 69700 69700 0 0 Transcontinental country located in Asia and Europe. The figure shown includes the areas of Abkhazia (8,660 km2)[23] and South Ossetia (3,900 km2),[24] both de facto independent from Georgia.
120 Template:Country data Sri Lanka 65610 62732 2878 4.4
121  Lithuania 65300 62680 2620 4.0
122  Latvia 64589 62249 2340 3.6
– Template:Country data Svalbard (Norway) 62045 62045 0 0 The UN gives a combined area for Svalbard and Jan Mayen as 62,422 km2. The separate figures shown are from the CIA World Factbook.[3]
123 Template:Country data Togo 57000 54385 2400 4.2
124  Croatia 56594 55974 620 1.1
125 Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina 51209 51187 10 0
126 Template:Country data Costa Rica 51100 51060 40 0.1
127  Slovakia 49037 48105 930 1.9
128 Template:Country data Dominican Republic 48671 48320 350 0.7
129  Estonia 45339 42388 2840 6.3
130 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 42943 42434 660 1.5 Includes Denmark proper only, but excludes the autonomous territories in the Kingdom of Denmark, shown separately.
131  Netherlands 41865 33893 7957 19.0 Netherlands proper includes the special municipalities, but excludes other countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, shown separately. Data for the Netherlands is from the Central Bureau of Statistics.[25] Source gives area of European Netherlands as 41,528 km2 and lists the three special municipalities separately, whose areas sum to 322 km2. Adding these gives the total shown here for the entire country of the Netherlands.[26] Adding the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, the total area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,508 km2.
132  Switzerland 41277 39997 1280 3.1 Data are from the CIA world factbook.[3]
133  Bhutan 38394 38394 0 0
–  Taiwan 36193 32260 3720 10.3 Between 1945 and 1949, the Republic of China included Mainland China, Mongolia, Taiwan, and other areas, totaling 1,1418,174 km2, which also the total constitutional land area of the Republic of China. The figure shown is from the 2012 Statistical Data from the Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China. The CIA gives a total area of 35,980 km2.[27]
134 Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau 36125 28120 8005 22.2
135 Template:Country data Moldova 33846 32891 960 2.8 The figure shown includes the area of Transnistria (4,163 km2), which is de facto independent from Moldova.
136  Belgium 30689 30446 250 0.8
137 Template:Country data Lesotho 30355 30355 0 0
138 Template:Country data Armenia 29743 28342 1401 4.7
139 Template:Country data Solomon Islands 29000 27986 910 3.1
140 Template:Country data Albania 28748 27398 1350 4.7
141 Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea 28051 28051 0 0
142 Template:Country data Burundi 27834 25680 2150 7.7
143 Template:Country data Haiti 27750 27560 190 0.7
144 Template:Country data Rwanda 26338 24668 1670 6.3
145 Template:Country data North Macedonia 25713 25433 280 1.1
146 Template:Country data Djibouti 23200 23180 20 0.1
147 Template:Country data Belize 22966 22806 160 0.7
148 Template:Country data El Salvador 21041 20721 320 1.5 Smallest country on the American continent.
149  Israel 20770 20330 440 2.1 Figures shown are from the CIA.[3] The UN/Israel Central Bureau of Statistics figure of 22,072 km2 includes the Golan Heights (1,200 km2) and East Jerusalem (70 km2), which are not internationally recognised as part of Israel.
150  Slovenia 20271 20151 120 0.6
– Template:Country data New Caledonia (France) 18575 18275 300 1.6
151 Template:Country data Fiji 18274 18274 0 0
152 Template:Country data Kuwait 17818 17818 0 0
153 Template:Country data Eswatini 17364 17204 160 0.9
154 Template:Country data East Timor 14874 14874 0 0
155 Template:Country data Bahamas 13943 10010 3870 27.8
156 Template:Country data Montenegro 13812 13452 360 2.6
157 Template:Country data Vanuatu 12189 12189 0 0
– Template:Country data Falkland Islands (UK) 12173 12173 0 0
158 Template:Country data Qatar 11586 11586 0 0
159 Template:Country data Gambia 11295 10000 1295 11.5 Smallest country in continental Africa.
160 Template:Country data Jamaica 10991 10831 160 1.5
– Template:Country data Kosovo 10887 [28]
161 Template:Country data Lebanon 10452 10230 170 1.6 Second-smallest country in continental Asia.
162  Cyprus 9251 9241 10 0.1 Includes the largely unrecognized but de facto independent Northern Cyprus (3,355 km2), the UN buffer zone (346 km2) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (254 km2).[3]
– Template:Country data Puerto Rico (US) 9104 8959 145 1.6 An American territory, the third-largest island of the United States after the Big Island of Hawaii and Kodiak Island of Alaska. Also the smallest part of Hispanic America.
– Template:Country data Abkhazia 8660 Abkhazia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition
– Template:Country data French Southern Territories (France) 7747 7668 79.8 1.0 Excludes claim on Adélie Land in Antarctica. The UN source has no data for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The figure given here is the total of all areas listed separately in the CIA World Factbook.[3]
163 Template:Country data Palestine 6220 6000 220 3.5 The CIA gives the areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip separately as 5,860 km2 and 360 km2 respectively. The figure for the West Bank includes East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land, but excludes Mount Scopus.[3]
164 Template:Country data Brunei 5765 5265 500 8.7
165 Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago 5130 5128 0 0
– Template:Country data French Polynesia (France) 4167 3827 340 8.2
– Template:Country data Transnistria 4163 Transnistria is claimed in whole by Moldova, and has limited international recognition
166 Template:Country data Cape Verde 4033 4033 0 0
– Template:Country data South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) 3903 3903 0 0
– Template:Country data South Ossetia 3900 South Ossetia is claimed in whole by Georgia, and has limited international recognition
– Template:Country data Northern Cyprus 3355 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a self-declared state recognised only by Turkey.
– Template:Country data Artsakh 3170 3170 0 0 Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan, and has no international recognition as a state[29]
167 Template:Country data Samoa 2831 2821 10 0.4
–  Hong Kong (China) 2755 1106 1649 59.9 [30]
168  Luxembourg 2586 2586 0 0 The smallest country that is not a European microstate or island country.
– 22x20px Bir Tawil (terra nullius) 2060 2060 0 0
169 Template:Country data Mauritius 2040 2030 10 0.5 Figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook.[3] The UN figure of 1,969 km2 excludes the Agaléga Islands and Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos).
170 Template:Country data Comoros 1862 1862 0 0 The CIA World Factbook[3] and the UN give an area of 2,235 km2, which includes Mayotte (374 km2), an overseas department and region of France.
– Template:Country data Åland (Finland) 1580 Åland Islands is an Autonomous region of Finland. As an Autonomous region of Finland, part of the European Union.
– Template:Country data Faroe Islands (Denmark) 1393 1393 0 0
171 Template:Sort 964 964 0 0
– Template:Country data Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 948 430 0 0 Disputed island group claimed by the Bahamas.
172 Template:Country data Kiribati 811 811 0 0 The figure shown is from the CIA World Factbook,[3] and refers to land area only. The UN figure excludes 84 km2 of uninhabited islands.
173 Template:Country data Bahrain 786 786 0 0
174 Template:Country data Dominica 751 751 0 0
175 Template:Country data Tonga 747 717 30 4.0
176 Template:Country data Singapore 728 716 10 1.4
177 Template:Country data Micronesia 702 702 0 0
178 Template:Country data Saint Lucia 616 606 10 1.6 The figure shown is from the CIA Factbook.[3] The UN value of 539 km2 refers to habitable area only and excludes the country's central forest reserve.
–  Isle of Man (UK) 572 572 0 0
– Template:Country data Guam (US) 549 544 0 0
179 Template:Country data Andorra 468 468 0 0 European microstate.
– Template:Country data Northern Mariana Islands (US) 464 464 0 0
180 Template:Country data Palau 459 459 0 0
181 Template:Country data Seychelles 452 455 0 0 Smallest country in Africa.
– Template:Country data Curaçao (NL) 444 444 0 0
182 Template:Country data Antigua and Barbuda 442 442 0 0
183 Template:Country data Barbados 431 431 0 0
– Template:Country data Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) 412 412 0 0
184 Template:Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 389 0 0
– Template:Country data Jan Mayen (Norway) 377 377 0 0
– Template:Country data U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 346 346 0 0
185 Template:Country data Grenada 344 344 0 0
186  Malta 316 316 0 0 European microstate. Smallest European Union member state.
– Template:Country data Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 308 308 0 0 The total area of Saint Helena is 122 km2, Ascension Island is 88 km2, and Tristan da Cunha is 98 km2.
187 Template:Country data Maldives 300 298 0 0 Smallest country in Asia.
– Template:Country data Bonaire (NL) 294 294 0 0
– Template:Country data Cayman Islands (UK) 264 264 0 0
188 Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 261 0 0 Smallest country in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere.
– Template:Country data Niue 260 260 0 0 Niue, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
– Template:Country data Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) 254 There is a salt lake and some wetlands of unknown area.
– Template:Country data Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 242 242 0 0
– Template:Country data Cook Islands 236 236 0 0 The Cook Islands, in free association with New Zealand, has limited international recognition
– Template:Country data American Samoa (US) 199 199 0 0
189 Template:Country data Marshall Islands 181 181 0 0
– Template:Country data Aruba (NL) 180 180 0 0
– Template:Country data Easter Island (Chile) 163 163 0 0
190 Template:Country data Liechtenstein 160 160 0 0 European microstate.
– Template:Country data British Virgin Islands (UK) 151 151 0 0
– Template:Country data Wallis and Futuna (France) 142 142 0 0
– Template:Country data Christmas Island (Australia) 135 135 0 0
– Template:Country data Jersey (UK) 116 116 0 0
– Template:Country data Montserrat (UK) 102 102 0 0
– Template:Country data Anguilla (UK) 91 91 0 0
– Template:Country data Bailiwick of Guernsey (UK) 78 78 0 0
191 Template:Country data San Marino 61 61 0 0 European microstate.
– Template:Country data British Indian Ocean Territory (UK) 60 60 0 0
– 22x20px {{Saint Martin (France)}} 54 54 0 0
– Template:Country data Bermuda (UK) 54 54 0 0
– Template:Country data Bouvet Island (Norway) 49 49 0 0
– Template:Country data Pitcairn Islands (UK) 47 47 0 0 The figure shown is from the CIA Factbook, and includes Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Island.[3] The UN figure is 5 km2, and only includes area for Pitcairn island itself, the only inhabited island in the group.
– Template:Country data Norfolk Island (Australia) 36 36 0 0
– Template:Country data Sint Maarten (NL) 34 34 0 0
–  Macao (China) 31 28 0 0 Current statistics: March 2014 – Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro (Cartography and Cadastre Bureau) Including University of Macau's New Hengqin Campus
192 Template:Country data Tuvalu 26 26 0 0 Smallest Commonwealth realm.
193 Template:Country data Nauru 21 21 0 0 Smallest island country, smallest republic and smallest country that is not a city-state.
– Template:Country data Saint Barthélemy (France) 21
– Template:Sort (NL) 21
– Template:Country data United States Minor Outlying Islands 19 19 0 0 Values taken from calculation at United States Minor Outlying Islands.
– Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 14 14 0 0
– Template:Country data Saba (NL) 13
– Template:Country data Tokelau (New Zealand) 12 12 0 0
– Template:Country data Gibraltar (UK) 2 2 0 0 Land figure is official[31] while the CIA states zero water area.[3]
– Template:Country data Clipperton Island (France) 2 2 2 66.7
– Template:Country data Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) 2 2 0 0
– Spratly Islands 2 2 0 0
– Template:Country data Coral Sea Islands (Australia) 2 2 0 0
194 Template:Country data Monaco 2 2 0 0 European microstate. Smallest country with a coastline. Smallest United Nations member state and the smallest country that is not a landlocked country.[32]
195 Template:Country data Vatican City 2 2 0 0 European microstate. Smallest country in the world. The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km2 in its 1930 edition[33] but corrected it to 0.49 km2 in its 1945–46 edition.[34] The figure of 0.44 km2 is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.

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References

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada. Land and freshwater area, by province and territory.
  2. ↑ Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Canada's Ocean Estate.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ciastats
  4. ↑ IBGE :: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística.
  5. ↑ Geoscience Australia. Area of Australia – States and Territories. Government of Australia.
  6. ↑ Area and Population. Government of India.
  7. ↑ Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (ASRK). 2005. Main Demographic Indicators. Available at Stat.gov.kz
  8. ↑ Template:Cite report
  9. ↑ GeoHive – Pakistan population statistics.
  10. ↑ Résultats de la recherche | Insee.
  11. ↑ Template:Cite report
  12. ↑ Land and water area as of 1 January by region and area type.
  13. ↑ Area Survey by Prefectures, Cities, Towns and Villages in Japan (ja). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (29 Jun 2023).
  14. ↑ Template:Cite report
  15. ↑ Template:Cite report
  16. ↑ The New Zealand Land Cover Database Template:Webarchive, New Zealand Ministry for the Environment. Updated 1 July 2009.
  17. ↑ Bienvenidos al Ecuador – Geografía – Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana (es) (2020-01-26).
  18. ↑ Bangladesh Selected Statistics (1 Jul 2022).
  19. ↑ Government unveils new political map including Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura inside Nepal borders.
  20. ↑ La superficie du Bénin passe de 112.622 km2 à 113.440 km2 (fr) (15 August 2007).
  21. ↑ Template:Cite report
  22. ↑ Geography of Ireland.
  23. ↑ Abkhazia at Encyclopædia Britannica
  24. ↑ South Ossetia at World English Dictionary
  25. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics (2009), "Land – en tuinbouwcijfers, 2009" (in nl), Land- en Tuinbouwcijfers (Government of the Netherlands, Department of Publication and Information): 14, ISSN 1386-9566, https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/imported/documents/2009/36/2009-j29-pub.pdf, retrieved 6 January 2018 
  26. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics (2009), Statistical Yearbook of the Netherlands Antilles, 2009, Willemstad: Government of the Netherlands, Department of Publication and Information, p. 4 
  27. ↑ 1.1 Number of Villages, Neighborhoods, Households and Resident Population (PDF). Ministry of the Interior – Republic of China (Taiwan).
  28. ↑ Kosovo profile (28 Jun 2023).
  29. ↑ Harrison Jones (13 February 2022). Unrecognised passports and no McDonald's: What life is like in 'states that don't exist'.
  30. ↑ Lands Department - Hong Kong Geographic Data.
  31. ↑ Key indicators.
  32. ↑ Key Facts About Monaco (2020).
  33. ↑ De Agostini Atlas Calendar, 1930, p. 99. Template:In lang
  34. ↑ De Agostini Atlas Calendar, 1945–46, p. 128. Template:In lang

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